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The glymphatic system clears waste products from the brain. Roberta Battistella defends her thesis about the role of this system in Parkinson’s disease on December 1. Here, she tells about her time as a Ph.D student in Iben Lundgaards research group at MultiPark. Tell us about your research! “The glymphatic system removes waste products from the brain with the help of cerebrospinal fluid (CSF). It

https://www.multipark.lu.se/article/glymphatic-system-pd-phd-interview-roberta-battistella - 2026-05-25

This article is over 5 years old, and the information may therefore be outdated. "My research interests spiral around ideas of change in core beliefs, and in embedded behavior patterns and practices." What do you do at LUCSUS? My PhD is part of a project called GLOCULL - exploring innovation experiments in Urban Living Labs in the Food, Water, and Energy nexus. LUCSUS is one of seven partner organ

https://www.lucsus.lu.se/article/research-interview-darin-wahl-excited-about-idea-cultural-narratives-connection-sustainability - 2026-05-25

Today, the Faculty of Medicine's new goods reception in Lund was inaugurated. Handling shipments for recipients, suppliers, and Med-service personnel will now be more convenient. The new goods reception's very first customer showed up in the trembling seconds just before the inauguration speech on Monday, to pick up a parcel from the brand new parcel locker. How did it feel?  "Well… It's just like

https://www.intramed.lu.se/en/article/new-goods-reception-inaugurated-first-customer-its-convenient-pick-your-parcel-yourself - 2026-05-25

Change brings development and is a part of life. Sara Novakov has guided LUSEM through changes while maintaining continuity since 2007, but this fall, she will be retiring. Sara joined LUSEM in 2007, having already been employed at the university since 1994, including working as an internal auditor. Coming to a faculty full of economists as an economist herself has worked well, she says with a smi

https://www.lusem.lu.se/internal/article/lusems-very-own-head-finance-retiring-what-happens-now - 2026-05-25

This article is over 5 years old, and the information may therefore be outdated. Luis Mundaca, Lead author of the IPCC Special Report and Summary for Policymakers, and Professor of Policy Analysis at the IIIEE at Lund University, comments on the report. The Special Report on Global Warming of 1.5ºC was approved by the IPCC (the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change) on Saturday in Incheon, Rep

https://www.iiiee.lu.se/article/ipcc-special-report-global-warming-15oc-has-been-approved-governments - 2026-05-25

Insects have difficulties handling the higher temperatures brought on by climate change, and might risk overheating. The ability to reproduce is also strongly affected by rising temperatures, even in northern areas of the world, according to a new study from Lund University in Sweden. Insects cannot regulate their own body temperature, which is instead strongly influenced by the temperature in the

https://www.biology.lu.se/article/high-temperatures-threaten-survival-insects - 2026-05-25

This article is over 5 years old, and the information may therefore be outdated. The COVID-19 pandemic is still ongoing, but has already greatly affected countries, economies and actors around the globe. While studies are emerging about impacts of the pandemics on organisations, there is a lack of understanding as to how organisations in general and sharing platforms in particular respond to the c

https://www.iiiee.lu.se/article/new-article-organisational-response-strategies-covid-19-sharing-economy - 2026-05-25

The Sociology of Law Department received four positive answers for funding requests this month. The Crafoord Foundation funds Anna Lundberg's ”Public employees’ mobilization against the Informers Act” project with 500,000 SEK. Information about the research will be available later this year.They also granted Jannice Käll 200,000 SEK for the organisation of Critical Legal Conference 2024: Speculati

https://www.soclaw.lu.se/en/article/several-successful-grant-applications-june - 2026-05-25

Do you know an excellent Bachelor or Master thesis on the topic of South Asia? Nominate it now for the annual SASNET Best South Asia Thesis Award. SASNET annually grants a Lund University student the Best South Asia Thesis Award for an excellent Bachelor or Master thesis in the humanities or social sciences. You are now able to nominate a thesis for the ongoing academic year of 2024/2025.To be eli

https://www.sasnet.lu.se/article/nominate-now-best-south-asia-thesis-award-20242025 - 2026-05-25

https://www.sasnet.lu.se/article/sasnetcmes-lecture-counter-extremism-pakistan - 2026-05-25

https://www.intramed.lu.se/en/article/seminar-what-you-need-know-about-intellectual-property-rights-academic-staff - 2026-05-25

The 13,400 who applied for a programme in the spring have now received their first admission decision. The programme that requires the highest admission score after the first selection is the Medical Programme with 21.88. More than 33,100 people applied for a programme at Lund University for the spring semester of 2024. The first selection has now been made and more than 13,400 students have been

https://www.intramed.lu.se/en/article/highest-admission-score-lund-medical-programme - 2026-05-25

Time to nominate theses for the Centre for European Studies’ Best Thesis Award! The Centre for European Studies at Lund University (CFE) welcomes submissions for the best student thesis award. Bachelor and Master theses covering European matters, defended with distinction during the autumn semester 2020 or spring semester 2021 at departments within the Faculties of Humanities and Theology, Social

https://www.cfe.lu.se/en/article/call-submissions-best-thesis-award - 2026-05-25

Paul O'Shea has written a policy brief on the deterrent role of US military bases in Japan The US-Japan alliance established over seventy years ago is typically described by leaders on both sides as the ‘cornerstone of peace and security in East Asia.’ While China and North Korea may not share this positive view of the impact of the alliance on the region, the fact is that few alliances in modern

https://www.ace.lu.se/article/policy-brief-european-union-institute-paul-oshea - 2026-05-25

This article is over 5 years old, and the information may therefore be outdated. In August 2019, the University of Helsinki and the Finnish Institute in the Middle East (FIME) will be hosting the conference in Helsinki, the capital of Finland. The conference is open for participants beyond the Nordic countries. Several researchers from CMES will be presenting their work at the conference. In Augus

https://www.cmes.lu.se/article/break-ing-and-creating-boundaries-middle-east-nsmes2019helsinki - 2026-05-25

https://www.staff.lu.se/article/changes-employment-protection-act-las-provide-better-protection-staff - 2026-05-26

https://www.intramed.lu.se/en/article/competition-visualize-facultys-strategic-intent - 2026-05-25

This article is over 5 years old, and the information may therefore be outdated. In conjunction with the IPCC authors’ meeting in Malmö in October Sustainability Forum and Climate-KIC, both operating from the CEC, are co-organizers of three arrangements concerning climate change, climate policy and innovation as a solution. Climate change – from knowledge to politicsMonday, October 23 at 11, at Ma

https://www.cec.lu.se/article/climate-change-state-knowledge-politics-and-innovations-solution - 2026-05-25

This article is over 5 years old, and the information may therefore be outdated. As part of Lund University Science Week, NanoLund will host the event Nanotechnology for the Future. This day we will open up the lab and give guided tours, telling the story of the role that nanotechnology plays in current and future challenges. Come evening time, we welcome you to lectures and debates about nanotech

https://www.nano.lu.se/article/nanotechnology-future-drop-march-7th - 2026-05-25

Den här artikeln är över 5 år gammal, och informationen kan därför vara inaktuell. 425 miljoner, nästan var tionde människa i världen, har diabetes. Diabetes är sedan länge världens snabbast växande folksjukdom. De senaste två åren har antalet diabetiker ökat med tio miljoner. 2045 kommer antalet att vara ytterligare drygt 200 miljoner, en ökning med 48 procent på 27 år. Detta enligt Internationel

https://www.diabetesportalen.lu.se/artikel/diabetes-pandemin-som-bara-vaxer-och-vaxer - 2026-05-25